# DU-ME-DI (Dūmatī)

> Dūmatī (personal name—'the Enduring One', √dwm hypocoristic)

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: Dūmatī
- Type: Personal name; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [DU-ME-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-ME-DI/index.md>)

## Commentary

HT 19, DU-ME-DI 43½ after SA-RO, the slot SI-DA-RE 5 holds on the same scribe's HT 17. Dūmatī 'the enduring one', √d-w-m with hypocoristic -ī; cf. Amorite Dūmat-An (DU-MA-TA-AN, Gelb, AS 21, no. 1581), Hebrew Dūmāh (Gen 25:14). Rival: dimtu 'tower; estate' (Akk. dimtum, Ug. dmt). One attestation.

## Outside the corpus

am_gelb_n_01581

## Attestations

- [HT 19](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT19/index.md>)

## References

- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

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